This is an analysis of the poem Remembered Love that begins with:

My wishing to stop the pain of remembered love,
Isn't easy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABaccc ABXdXe dXeadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010100101 0010 011101 10100011001 11001100010111 010 110010100101 0010 100010010 111111010 1111010010 11111001001 11 110111100010001 011110100100 000101111001 11110111010 010001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The author used the same word my at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Remembered Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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